This qualification has been reviewed. The last date to meet the requirements is 31 December 2018.

Transition Arrangements

This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Certificate in Financial Services (Level 5) with strands in Financial Advice; Investment; Life and Health Insurance; General Insurance; Residential Property Lending; Personal Lending; Banking; Trustee Services [Ref: 2315].

For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
The last date for entry into programmes leading towards this qualification is 31 December 2016.
This qualification contains standards 24755 and 24756 which have been designated as expiring. The last date for assessment to take place for these unit standards is 31 December 2017.
This qualification contains standards that replace earlier standards. For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards – see table below.

Credit for

Exempt from

16616

23397

11994

23394

Reverse transitionThis qualification contains an expiring standard that has been replaced. People who have gained credit for the replacement standard are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the expiring standard - see table below.

Purpose

This certificate provides a nationally recognised qualification for people in the financial services sector who are working or seeking work as a financial adviser, and who specialise in investment advice, insurance advice, or residential property lending advice.

It is intended for people who are required to give personalised and specific advice based on needs analysis of a wide range of data; determine appropriate methods, make recommendations for financial solutions and lead the client based on this analysis; and have full responsibility for the nature, quantity and quality of outcomes.
To gain the qualification, candidates must demonstrate competence in professional skills, which are covered in the core compulsory and core elective sections, and in the strands.
The core compulsory section covers knowledge and application of:

professional practice, requirements of regulations, professional practice standards, and operational guidelines as a financial adviser;

understanding of stages of financial advice and products;

understanding of relationships between economic environments and the financial market;

the steps of giving financial advice.

The core elective section covers generic business management skills and knowledge. Some standards from the Financial Services subfield are also included in this section.

This qualification offers a choice between three strands which reflect skills and knowledge relevant to the following areas of financial advice:

After qualifying for the certificate in one strand, candidates may qualify for additional strands by completing the requirements for those strands.

For information on how this qualification relates to the authorisation of financial advisers visit www.afacompetence.org.nz.
This qualification builds on the skills and knowledge introduced in the National Certificate in Financial Services (Level 4) [Ref: 1392]. However, that qualification is not a prerequisite for this qualification. This national certificate may lead on to higher level non-NQF financial services qualifications or higher level qualifications that ETITO plans to develop in the future.

Requirements for Award of Qualification

Award of NZQF National QualificationsCredit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/standards-exclusion-list/.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.

Demonstrate knowledge of the mortgage industry, lending principles, home loan products and apply the application process

4

5

26287

Demonstrate understanding of the residential property market and residential property lending as a financial adviser

5

8

Transition Arrangements

Version 3Version 3 of the qualification was issued following its replacement by a New Zealand qualification.
Previous versions of the qualificationVersion 2 of the qualification was issued to include new standards which cover knowledge and skills of residential property lending advice and the legislative framework for financial advisers, to reflect the review of unit standards 25648 and 25649 which make up the Investment Advice strand, and to include three strands in the qualification.
Changes to structure and content

The Compulsory section was renamed Core Compulsory section and standard 26360 was added to it.

Standards 25644 and 25648 from Elective A and standards 1875, 6409, 6410, 7455, 23394, 23397, and 25654 from Elective C were moved to the new Core Elective section. Standards 9689, 24756, 26286 were also added to this section.

Standard 25649 from Elective B was moved to the new Investment Advice Strand. Standard 25648 was also added to this strand.

Standards 25645-25647 from Elective B were moved to the elective section of the new Insurance Advice strand. Standard 25644 was also added to the compulsory section of this strand.

The new Residential Property Lending Advice strand includes standards 26286 and 26287

The overall credit total was changed from 50 credits to 50-55, depending on strand.

Other standard setting bodies whose standards are included in the qualification

NZQA

Certification

This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, The skills Organisation and the organisation that has been granted consent to assess against standards that meet the requirements of the qualification (accredited).

Classification

This qualification is classified according to the classification system listed on the Directory of Assessment Standards (DAS) and the New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.

Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess by a recognised Quality Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Organisation with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Consent to assess requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) for each standard.